hello all sorry here comes my very belated post since i came back to melbourne. been wanting to blog for quite long but didn't have time to.
SO..
touched down on sunday noon, suffering from sore eyes and exhuastion since i only slept for like mm half an hour on the plane. watched changeling on the way back and i don't like it. its such a depressing and gloomy movie. wrong wrong choice, its about 2H plus somemore. neways nothing much had change here, felt very familiar to be back. and now sem1 overseas syndrome is gone, it makes staying out alone much more bearable. perhaps im used to it already, or perhaps had the experience, whatever the reason im good. i wont be a whiny baby anymore haha. (recalling my last post on living alone.) the first few months here were harder. :)
what have i been up to hmm.. i was and still am busy with admin stuff and settling back into school. took up jap as breadth this sem and realised this sem suddenly there're alot of people taking up jap too. like 600+ people! so there's an overfull situation in lectures and seminars now and the department tried to insert one more lecture and a few more seminars last week to cope with overfull classes. and that led to unsettled timetable issues for this past one week. just one word - annoying. i was already happy with my old timetable, though its a 5-day work week but i get to start lessons late! like 11 or 12 which means i could sleep in late (heh heh). but then they reallocated all of us into new timings so now i have a 9-11am seminar! trying very very hard to change out of it everyday since, but i think up till now, i give up. surrender. had already printed duno how many copies of timetable already. trying to organise other tutes now and hopefully i can make a final copy of my timetable soons. :(
another thing is i've been trying to get secondhand textbooks these past few days. wonder why its so hard to get this sem, last sem i just emailed the person and there i could get my texts. now i emailed smsed and get no reply. hmph pissed off. at least reply to say the book's sold or what right. neways i was so desperate yesterday night (because i couldnt wait anymore, tutorials are starting and i need those textbooks to do my work) i just mass send those smses at one shot to the sellers. and i got my retribution for being so impatient haha. i got tons of replies from i duno who saying "yarh its still for sale, when do you want to get it?" "yes where do you wana meet and when" something like that and worst is cause i was buying 2 different texts, so i duno which textbook they were referring to! haha. had to clean up the mess after that. but nevermind the process, at least now my texts are settled and i can do my tutorials. :D
supposedly week one is slack slack one, but i duno why jap lessons are in full swing starting first week! its like learning chinese all over. learning pronunciation, reading off cards in class, following the teacher's word or phrase, copying xi zi, listening, oral and all. but its fun though. heavy workload as well. hmm for a breadth i duno if the time investment is worth it.
went to st kilda's beach yesterday for a city getaway. the weather was fine, like those "one fine day" you write in compos. haha. but i still got burnt. at 13-19 degrees i got sun burn. haha. so this just goes to show sun burn literally just concern the sun. like i wasn't even feeling hot, rather its cold since the wind was so strong. neways mr sun in australia is mad. fierce and scorching hanging on a cloudless sky.
nowadays the weather had been very unsettled. like the whole of last week was cold, windy and dusty, between 10-20degrees everyday. but come this week, 15-27degrees. oh btw, its damn cool i was rather amused when i watched the weather forecast they say for example tmr will be dusty. i've heard of sunny, windy, cloudy, rainy but never have i heard of dusty. haha. and when i went out the next day i finally knew what it meant by dusty. like really dusty day with super strong wind you cant open your eyes properly when you walk and cant breathe properly if you go against the wind. sand, dust and leaves all over. the wind was 120km/h that day and many trees and houses collapsed. not to worry my place's intact.
hope everyone is okay back home and hmm have to go do my one week worth of laundry now. been procrastinating. and hell, have to wash toilet bowl too. : (
Monday, March 9, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
to-be-departed
bala departed for brisbane, and in another 2 weeks time, it'll be my turn.. :((
28 feb, will be leaving on 28 feb. this 3 months of summer holiday's been great. ultimate slacking hanging out nua-ing shopping mahjonging meeting gathering interneting and whatever not.
i visited orchard road singapore river esplande, ate mee pok, chicken rice, wanton mee, nasi lemak, char kway teow, sting ray, satays, carrot cake, mum's cooking, roti prata. all places and food i've missed while i was there. (refer to previous entries to double check, if you're so free haha) but i still feel its not enough. it'll never be enough i guess. (greedy me, 3 months still not enough!)
ah wells, hurry go back and complete your degree yumins. last 2 weeks here and im gonna download many many more shows to bring back :D eat many many more food, meet up with many many more friends :D and lastly, the hustle bustle of packing up to leave again.. :(
ps. humdingers gathering yesterday, or the day before to be exact since its 3.55am, was awesome! everything's just right with them around. love those girls. :)) and shopping trip with fer was fruitful too. photos to be uploaded, soon i hope! hees.
28 feb, will be leaving on 28 feb. this 3 months of summer holiday's been great. ultimate slacking hanging out nua-ing shopping mahjonging meeting gathering interneting and whatever not.
i visited orchard road singapore river esplande, ate mee pok, chicken rice, wanton mee, nasi lemak, char kway teow, sting ray, satays, carrot cake, mum's cooking, roti prata. all places and food i've missed while i was there. (refer to previous entries to double check, if you're so free haha) but i still feel its not enough. it'll never be enough i guess. (greedy me, 3 months still not enough!)
ah wells, hurry go back and complete your degree yumins. last 2 weeks here and im gonna download many many more shows to bring back :D eat many many more food, meet up with many many more friends :D and lastly, the hustle bustle of packing up to leave again.. :(
ps. humdingers gathering yesterday, or the day before to be exact since its 3.55am, was awesome! everything's just right with them around. love those girls. :)) and shopping trip with fer was fruitful too. photos to be uploaded, soon i hope! hees.
Friday, January 30, 2009
pings
this post is dedicated to a special friend...
i have been hanging out alot with huiping (aka kelsey her new name haha) recently. like really alot, for example i just saw her yesterday and im meeting her again tomorrow. really enjoy her company, like you feel totally free and unrestrain, to be able to be who i am, for she don't judge. i can just do act say whatever i like and know she won't be judging my actions or habouring any bad thoughts about me. also because of that she's seen the most unglam side of me, goodness when i say most unglam that really means most (you know the meaning of most? nothing exceeds most). and i shall not elaborate on that.
im really glad to have her back in my life once again (for we lost contact for a few years in between) haha this crazy girl never fail to make me laugh, with her endless grandmother stories to tell.
thank you lah1 pings, for you just being you. :)
HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY in advance and sorry for not being able to be here with you on your birthday. (though i know you'll never read this hee)
i have been hanging out alot with huiping (aka kelsey her new name haha) recently. like really alot, for example i just saw her yesterday and im meeting her again tomorrow. really enjoy her company, like you feel totally free and unrestrain, to be able to be who i am, for she don't judge. i can just do act say whatever i like and know she won't be judging my actions or habouring any bad thoughts about me. also because of that she's seen the most unglam side of me, goodness when i say most unglam that really means most (you know the meaning of most? nothing exceeds most). and i shall not elaborate on that.
im really glad to have her back in my life once again (for we lost contact for a few years in between) haha this crazy girl never fail to make me laugh, with her endless grandmother stories to tell.
thank you lah1 pings, for you just being you. :)
HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY in advance and sorry for not being able to be here with you on your birthday. (though i know you'll never read this hee)
Sunday, January 4, 2009
back under the sun
okay i have a very very very very strong urge to blog right now although its 2.20am. despite me telling myself to sleep early, to tune back to the normal lifestyle of sleeping at most by 2am and waking up at most by 12pm. i am still not heeding me.
deadly unlimited internet. i guess i am appreciating it too much, treasuring it too much, utilising it too much. feels really good to bump around facebook opening any random albums i feel like flipping through without worrying about how much megabytes it will take up, entering any blogs i feel like reading without having to click on the stop button immediately to prevent photos or songs being downloaded without my knowledge.
best of all to be sitting on the not-very-comfortable-ikea-green-chair (which is sitting in my very-cosy-and-comfortable-lavender-bedroom, which is in my not-very-neat-but-good-enough-house, which is in the more-and-more-hip-yishun and the list goes ons) surfing the net and typing this entry. 31 days back home and i am still happy and glad to be back. i guess i'll always be happy and contented for as long as i stay here.
you lose things so you appreciate when you get them back.
and right now i am enjoying and treasuring every moment i have on this island for i know i will have to leave again soon.
I LOVE ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY on this island. and am glad nothing's changed, the friendship, the bonds and the chemistry we share. perhaps the only change - everybody aged a little, matured a little, gained more experience a little.
met up with many people in the last 31 days, and almost finish meeting most friends whom i needa and wanta meet, with a few exceptions like RICH, and some other odacers.
talk about odacers, i am really proud of us. (despite the failed gathering which only 6 people attended) met up with xiu, cheryl and eeling for mahjong today (new mahjong khakis :)) and after that went dinner with eeling. guess who we saw in northpoint hub, its mel and val! mello wello jello hello and valli vallo valla vallin (violin?)!
yes. the reason i say i am proud of us is despite one and a half year after graduating from odac, the bonds we formed through that other one and a half year are still there. gatherings are always hard to organise, especially for a big group of 24 people with different schedules and timetables (since school's starting). the thing that warms my heart is seeing everyone taking time out of their busy lives, to stop by and catch up with one another, individually or in small groups. and the ability of us to talk and laugh like we always do in any odac activities or meetings or outings we use to have.
mel and val's 3H (?) dinner proved that point (or are they just plain talkative and mean? to see the queue outside the HK cafe gets longer but still making use of that bowl of half eaten and unwanted zhi ma hu to continue sitting in their seats)
and standing in the middle of the way into the bus interchange, oblivious to the fact that we may be obstructing the way of other passer-bys, talking out of nothingness but still enjoying the conversation. "er kim wee, every syllabus can be a surname" and start giving permutations to the name. kim wee er, er wee kim, kim er wee, wee kim er and so on. (no offence boss we were just missing you haha) and i wonder how our conversation drifted to murai and pekakak hut! in our haste to recalling more of ubin huts' name, peranakan hut and belachan hut sprang out. (what nonsense!) the little nyonya's fault alright. haha had a good time laughing.
and the new year party with humdingers was really good. it feels like we've reach a point in our friendship that goes beyond friends, its like family. we grumble and complain about each other, joke, laugh, be joked at, be laughed at, talk, share, care (okay this is getting cheesy, like cheese fries) but at the end of everything, you know they are the people who will accompany you through another infinite years of your life. this feels like its time a full group photo shows up, but ah wells, its 3.30am now. heee lazieee. and thanks UHU for the satays btw. and wii. you must be waiting for your name to appear, and waiting for my post, NAH give you one whole long post, read until your eyes pop out. :P
and all other meetups i've had within the last 31 days which are too long to blog about individually, you know i enjoyed and treasured those meetups.
all in all nice to be able to bum around back home, under the sun (in town, along singapore river and not yarra river) and buzz around madam boh. :D for those concern, madam boh is working in my dad's company now and especially for val, bala is good, haha you and your bala's mess tin hahaha. and torchlight. :D
p.s this is a very rare long post which i myself am shock that i actually typed all of those out. okay think it requires extraordinary feel and urge which i duno when i'll have again. :)
deadly unlimited internet. i guess i am appreciating it too much, treasuring it too much, utilising it too much. feels really good to bump around facebook opening any random albums i feel like flipping through without worrying about how much megabytes it will take up, entering any blogs i feel like reading without having to click on the stop button immediately to prevent photos or songs being downloaded without my knowledge.
best of all to be sitting on the not-very-comfortable-ikea-green-chair (which is sitting in my very-cosy-and-comfortable-lavender-bedroom, which is in my not-very-neat-but-good-enough-house, which is in the more-and-more-hip-yishun and the list goes ons) surfing the net and typing this entry. 31 days back home and i am still happy and glad to be back. i guess i'll always be happy and contented for as long as i stay here.
you lose things so you appreciate when you get them back.
and right now i am enjoying and treasuring every moment i have on this island for i know i will have to leave again soon.
I LOVE ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY on this island. and am glad nothing's changed, the friendship, the bonds and the chemistry we share. perhaps the only change - everybody aged a little, matured a little, gained more experience a little.
met up with many people in the last 31 days, and almost finish meeting most friends whom i needa and wanta meet, with a few exceptions like RICH, and some other odacers.
talk about odacers, i am really proud of us. (despite the failed gathering which only 6 people attended) met up with xiu, cheryl and eeling for mahjong today (new mahjong khakis :)) and after that went dinner with eeling. guess who we saw in northpoint hub, its mel and val! mello wello jello hello and valli vallo valla vallin (violin?)!
yes. the reason i say i am proud of us is despite one and a half year after graduating from odac, the bonds we formed through that other one and a half year are still there. gatherings are always hard to organise, especially for a big group of 24 people with different schedules and timetables (since school's starting). the thing that warms my heart is seeing everyone taking time out of their busy lives, to stop by and catch up with one another, individually or in small groups. and the ability of us to talk and laugh like we always do in any odac activities or meetings or outings we use to have.
mel and val's 3H (?) dinner proved that point (or are they just plain talkative and mean? to see the queue outside the HK cafe gets longer but still making use of that bowl of half eaten and unwanted zhi ma hu to continue sitting in their seats)
and standing in the middle of the way into the bus interchange, oblivious to the fact that we may be obstructing the way of other passer-bys, talking out of nothingness but still enjoying the conversation. "er kim wee, every syllabus can be a surname" and start giving permutations to the name. kim wee er, er wee kim, kim er wee, wee kim er and so on. (no offence boss we were just missing you haha) and i wonder how our conversation drifted to murai and pekakak hut! in our haste to recalling more of ubin huts' name, peranakan hut and belachan hut sprang out. (what nonsense!) the little nyonya's fault alright. haha had a good time laughing.
and the new year party with humdingers was really good. it feels like we've reach a point in our friendship that goes beyond friends, its like family. we grumble and complain about each other, joke, laugh, be joked at, be laughed at, talk, share, care (okay this is getting cheesy, like cheese fries) but at the end of everything, you know they are the people who will accompany you through another infinite years of your life. this feels like its time a full group photo shows up, but ah wells, its 3.30am now. heee lazieee. and thanks UHU for the satays btw. and wii. you must be waiting for your name to appear, and waiting for my post, NAH give you one whole long post, read until your eyes pop out. :P
and all other meetups i've had within the last 31 days which are too long to blog about individually, you know i enjoyed and treasured those meetups.
all in all nice to be able to bum around back home, under the sun (in town, along singapore river and not yarra river) and buzz around madam boh. :D for those concern, madam boh is working in my dad's company now and especially for val, bala is good, haha you and your bala's mess tin hahaha. and torchlight. :D
p.s this is a very rare long post which i myself am shock that i actually typed all of those out. okay think it requires extraordinary feel and urge which i duno when i'll have again. :)
Friday, January 2, 2009
2-0-0-9
welcome into year 2009!
i've been wondering if i should start this post by a "Happy New Year", but yet stopped at the thought. we are only one day (and 40mins to be exact) into the new year and how would i know how the new year had been going for everybody so far. mhmm whatever that is not the main point of this post.
29 days, i've been back home for 29 days. :) the clock seems to tick a few minutes faster once i'm back and after a few days i felt like i've never left this place at all. i'm back to the old me, old lifestyle i'm so comfortable and familiar with, and start taking everything for granted once again. no i'll have to slow down my pace and start thinking about the past 4 and a half months i've been through last year. recall every bits of feelings i so recently felt before coming home. i must not and will not waste my holidays away.
appreciate and be thankful!
i've been wondering if i should start this post by a "Happy New Year", but yet stopped at the thought. we are only one day (and 40mins to be exact) into the new year and how would i know how the new year had been going for everybody so far. mhmm whatever that is not the main point of this post.
29 days, i've been back home for 29 days. :) the clock seems to tick a few minutes faster once i'm back and after a few days i felt like i've never left this place at all. i'm back to the old me, old lifestyle i'm so comfortable and familiar with, and start taking everything for granted once again. no i'll have to slow down my pace and start thinking about the past 4 and a half months i've been through last year. recall every bits of feelings i so recently felt before coming home. i must not and will not waste my holidays away.
appreciate and be thankful!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
home sweet home
morning comes around and i, cant wait to see my sunny island
in its glorious greenery, whether rain or shine its still beautiful
bright lights shine on the streets at night, guiding me closer to home
to a place where i know i'll be safe and warm where i belong
friends and family by my side, seeing me through as i grow and learn
everyday's experience bitter sweet or sour its still wonderful
I AM GOING HOME! :DD
in its glorious greenery, whether rain or shine its still beautiful
bright lights shine on the streets at night, guiding me closer to home
to a place where i know i'll be safe and warm where i belong
friends and family by my side, seeing me through as i grow and learn
everyday's experience bitter sweet or sour its still wonderful
I AM GOING HOME! :DD
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
the callings
exams are over, but why am i feeling so calm so unfeeling so numb. it feels so unreal that i'll be able to go home soon (not quite 9 days still feels quite long). the exams had seriously dragged on for too long, one month!! well almost its ridiculously long for just 4 papers!!! :(
the initial highness i thought this day would bring to me is not there. ah i feel so lazy, can i just go to sleep tonight and wake up on my singapore bedroom's bed tomorrow morning? with all my belongings safely transported back to where they belong.
and i saw the harry potter and the half blood prince's trailer. I CANT WAIT to catch the show on the big screen! i think i've read the book a dozen times and can even remember all the memories which dumbledore showed harry in sequence. JK Rowling is a real genius! and she deserves all the bucks she's earning now for creating such an awesome series. i am going to read the last book again for the nth time when i get back home. by far and by last [:(] my favourite book out of all. :)
the initial highness i thought this day would bring to me is not there. ah i feel so lazy, can i just go to sleep tonight and wake up on my singapore bedroom's bed tomorrow morning? with all my belongings safely transported back to where they belong.
and i saw the harry potter and the half blood prince's trailer. I CANT WAIT to catch the show on the big screen! i think i've read the book a dozen times and can even remember all the memories which dumbledore showed harry in sequence. JK Rowling is a real genius! and she deserves all the bucks she's earning now for creating such an awesome series. i am going to read the last book again for the nth time when i get back home. by far and by last [:(] my favourite book out of all. :)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
rainy nights please come again
YOHOO IM DOWN TO THE LAST PAPER!!! :DD
felt like the entire exam is over today. light and bright. :) but yea! hang in there and stay focus for the last paper yo! uhu (my dajie) will be coming and reaching here on this saturday morning! :) so after the paper on monday we'll be travelling around melbourne. but then the prospects of being able to go home is much much more anticipated to!
I CANT WAIT what the hell why did i change my flight to such a late date. next sem im gonna book my flight to be a day or two after my last paper! and i'm already thinking and listing a whole long list of things i wana do when i get back. i need to visit SA! :)
yes its raining again! i love love love rainy nights :)
I AM 14 DAYS AWAY FROM HOME!
felt like the entire exam is over today. light and bright. :) but yea! hang in there and stay focus for the last paper yo! uhu (my dajie) will be coming and reaching here on this saturday morning! :) so after the paper on monday we'll be travelling around melbourne. but then the prospects of being able to go home is much much more anticipated to!
I CANT WAIT what the hell why did i change my flight to such a late date. next sem im gonna book my flight to be a day or two after my last paper! and i'm already thinking and listing a whole long list of things i wana do when i get back. i need to visit SA! :)
yes its raining again! i love love love rainy nights :)
I AM 14 DAYS AWAY FROM HOME!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
the pink bomb
YAYS i just had accounting paper this morning and i am so so glad that its over! i mean the accounting paper, not the entire exam of course! was totally stressed out before the exam, couldn't sleep at all for the first few hours on bed last night my mind was like exploding with information and invisible post-it notes reminding me of this and that. and woke up at like 7am and couldn't get back to sleep. the paper was, well very tricky and time consuming. and my balance sheet, as always did not balance up! what the hell, always cannot balance, just call it an unbalance sheet. whatever it is its over!!! HAHAHA and i'll never need to touch accounting anymore :)
and these 2 days hell we were practically living in an oven! damn hot 33 degrees and its not even summer yet! im so glad i'll be going home soon :) and its not only the heat and sun, the flies!!! the flies were circulating me every few minutes when i was doing the paper, damn annoying. and if i ever didn't finish the paper it will be the flies fault. (haha push everything to the flies)
back to the title yes i received a pink bomb from the mail box! hahahaha. damn joke kept laughing and laughing when i saw it. the bomb exploded with 2 monsters emerging from it, a full grown dinosaur and a failed hercules-to-be. totally shocked and surpirse haha. a spectacular introduction into ntu hall of residence blk 11 #**-**** and made me even more confirm not to enter the very suspicious room when i go back hahaha. and sorry to disappoint i did not use the suspicious looking tissue paper enclosed! whose idea was it to enclose that tissue paper?! i see left over tom yum stains on it! please be more hygenic will the both of you! hahaha but THANKS the bomb looks like alot of work! totally appreciate it and definitely explosive for me. sweeeeeet and that made me feel even more like going home! and hang out till i hang out, use internet till the computer hang up! wow totally not addicted to the usage of hang out/up. haha!
WHEEEEEEE
I AM 20 DAYS FROM HOME! :DD
prepare the champagne uhu
and these 2 days hell we were practically living in an oven! damn hot 33 degrees and its not even summer yet! im so glad i'll be going home soon :) and its not only the heat and sun, the flies!!! the flies were circulating me every few minutes when i was doing the paper, damn annoying. and if i ever didn't finish the paper it will be the flies fault. (haha push everything to the flies)
back to the title yes i received a pink bomb from the mail box! hahahaha. damn joke kept laughing and laughing when i saw it. the bomb exploded with 2 monsters emerging from it, a full grown dinosaur and a failed hercules-to-be. totally shocked and surpirse haha. a spectacular introduction into ntu hall of residence blk 11 #**-**** and made me even more confirm not to enter the very suspicious room when i go back hahaha. and sorry to disappoint i did not use the suspicious looking tissue paper enclosed! whose idea was it to enclose that tissue paper?! i see left over tom yum stains on it! please be more hygenic will the both of you! hahaha but THANKS the bomb looks like alot of work! totally appreciate it and definitely explosive for me. sweeeeeet and that made me feel even more like going home! and hang out till i hang out, use internet till the computer hang up! wow totally not addicted to the usage of hang out/up. haha!
WHEEEEEEE
I AM 20 DAYS FROM HOME! :DD
prepare the champagne uhu
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
this is no good
:(((((
i cant believe i still have to go through this very difficult period for another 5 times in future. going through it once now is already killing me. and this is the longest week i've ever lived through. it feels like ten thousand years had passed.
you know now i think studying for a's was so much better than now. at least i'm home..
:((((((((
i cant believe i still have to go through this very difficult period for another 5 times in future. going through it once now is already killing me. and this is the longest week i've ever lived through. it feels like ten thousand years had passed.
you know now i think studying for a's was so much better than now. at least i'm home..
:((((((((
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